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CAIRNS, Reuben
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 603 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 October 1914, Enlisted at Dromana Victoria. |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Dromana, Victoria, Australia, 15 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Dromana, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 29 August 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" LONE PINE MEMORIAL, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dromana War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Rosebud First Australian Imperial Force Contingent Honour Roll |
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World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 603, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Dromana Victoria. | |
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| 12 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 603, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 603, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 603, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 603 awm_unit: 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-29 | |
| 26 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 603, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, ON the 26/4/1916, the OC 9Th LHR conducted an official enquiry into the circumstances of several missing in action soldiers of the 9LHR. Trooper CAIRNS had been witnessed by SN800 Tpr G. MAXIM, 9LHR, as having taken part in a charge on the 26 or 27 May 1915, 2 miles from Walkers Ridge, Gallipoli. Tpr MAXIM saw Tpr CAIRNS shot in the head and killed. The enquiry found that Tpr CAIRNS had been killed in action. Details in NAA Document attached to Tpr CAIRNS. |
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